Monday, November 4, 2013

Bulbophyllum laxiflorum

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Podochilaeae
SubTribe: Bulbophyllinae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: Bulb. laxiflorum
 
Found in Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines in riverine, lowland hill and lower montane forests at elevations of 100 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing, unifoliate epiphyte with .2 to .8" [.5 to 2 cm] between each cylindrical pseudobulbs and a single apical, leathery, elliptic, acute at the apex, petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect, basal, 2 7/8" or more [7 cm or more] long, several to many [20] flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers held in an umbel, at, or near leaf height that can occur at most any time of the year.

and it's on my dinner table! evidently a slap of benign neglect is warranted.

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